Prosecutors Who Want Credit for Investigating Police Corruption Are Happy To Steal Money From Innocent People
The Harris County, Texas, District Attorney's Office oversees civil forfeitures that make a mockery of justice.
4 August 2022
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The Harris County, Texas, District Attorney's Office oversees civil forfeitures that make a mockery of justice.
4 August 2022
On October 27, 2016, the same day that Houston drug cops searched a house based on a marijuana sale that never happened, they searched the house next door based on a fictional crack cocaine purchase. The first search, at 2807 Nettleton Street, resulted in the arrest of Frederick Jeffery, who was later convicted of possessing methamphetamine based on false testimony by veteran narcotics officer Gerald Goines, the same cop who had invented drug transactions to justify the search warrants. The second search, at 2811 Nettleton Street, resulted in the seizure of about $3,000 from Andre Thomas, who was detained for ...
Prosecutors who want credit for investigating police corruption are happy to steal money from innocent people
The Harris County, Texas, District Attorney's Office oversees civil forfeitures that make a mockery of justice.
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